Cyrille Bertaud

Cyrille Bertaud (11 October 1754-25 April 1822) was a colonel of the National Guard of France during the Napoleonic Wars.

Biography
Bertaud was born in Saumur in western France in 1754, the son of an innkeeper. Bertaud enlisted in the French Army when it headed to the United States during the American Revolutionary War in 1778, and fought in the Siege of Yorktown in 1781. Bertaud returned home as a Corporal and retired shortly after.

However, in 1814 Napoleon began the levee en masse, recruiting all able-bodied men from ages 16 to 60 into his army. Bertaud, 60 in 1814, was recruited into the National Guard with the rank of Colonel. At the Battle of Chatillon-sur-Seine his regiment performed well, repulsing an Austrian attack. He retired after the downfall of Napoleon, and returned to civilian life until his death in 1822.